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sundial


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sundial  \Sun"di`al\,  n. 
  An  instrument  to  show  the  time  of  day  by  means  of  the  shadow 
  of  a  gnomon,  or  style,  on  a  plate. 
 
  {Sundial  shell}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  shell  of  the  genus  Solarium. 
  See  {Solarium}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sundial 
  n  :  indicates  the  daylight  hours  by  the  shadow  that  the  gnomon 
  casts  on  a  calibrated  dial 




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